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Montana · Deer · District 212

Montana deer b licence 212-00

Mule. How many people put this deer b licencefirst and how many of them drew it — year by year, separately for each of the four pools Montana draws, and separately at every bonus point level. Every figure comes from a Fish, Wildlife & Parks report linked at the foot of this page.

What the 2026 drawing did

Montana set a quota of 40 on 212-00 in 2026 and drew 40 — the quota filled. Across the four pools FWP draws separately, no nonresident landowner applicant put it first; no resident landowner applicant put it first; 1 nonresident applicant put it first and 1 drew, 100.00%; 32 resident applicants put it first and 32 drew, 100.00%.

Published in 21 of the drawing years FWP has posted, 2006 to 2026.

Drawing pool

First-choice success rate, by pool and year

The rate is the first-choice applicants in a pool who drew, divided by the first-choice applicants in that pool. Both are exact integers FWP printed in the same row, and it is the measure the department's own drawing statistics tool publishes: "the percentage of 1st choice applicants that were successful". A dash means nobody in that pool applied, so the draw answered nothing — absent, not nought.
YearPoolPool capPut it firstDrew on first choiceFirst-choice success ratePut it 2nd or 3rdDrew on 2nd or 3rd
2026Nonresident411100.00%90
2026Resident403232100.00%617
2026Nonresident landowner400———
2026Resident landowner600———
2025Nonresident411100.00%10
2025Resident403434100.00%715
2025Nonresident landowner400———
2025Resident landowner600———
2024Nonresident422100.00%11
2024Resident403131100.00%536
2024Nonresident landowner400———
2024Resident landowner600———
2023Nonresident422100.00%20
2023Resident40403895.00%700
2023Nonresident landowner400———
2023Resident landowner600———
2022Nonresident400—10
2022Resident403232100.00%488
2022Nonresident landowner400———
2022Resident landowner600———
2021Nonresident400—00
2021Resident403333100.00%437
2021Nonresident landowner400———
2021Resident landowner600———
2020Nonresident45240.00%10
2020Resident40573866.67%370
2020Nonresident landowner400———
2020Resident landowner600———
2019Nonresident755100.00%00
2019Resident756666100.00%233
2019Nonresident landowner700———
2019Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2018Nonresident79777.78%30
2018Resident756565100.00%323
2018Nonresident landowner700———
2018Resident landowner1200———
2017Nonresident79777.78%30
2017Resident75726894.44%420
2017Nonresident landowner700———
2017Resident landowner1200———
2016Nonresident766100.00%40
2016Resident75736994.52%410
2016Nonresident landowner700———
2016Resident landowner1200———
2015Nonresident712325.00%10
2015Resident752447129.10%1170
2015Nonresident landowner700———
2015Resident landowner1211100.00%——
2014Nonresident57228.57%60
2014Resident502534718.58%1290
2014Nonresident landowner500———
2014Resident landowner811100.00%——
2013Nonresident1515320.00%70
2013Resident15038014638.42%2040
2013Nonresident landowner1500———
2013Resident landowner2311100.00%——
2012Nonresident1513430.77%50
2012Resident15026014555.77%1820
2012Nonresident landowner1500———
2012Resident landowner2311100.00%——
2011Nonresident5800.00%50
2011Resident502574818.68%1600
2011Nonresident landowner500———
2011Resident landowner822100.00%——
2010Nonresident51317.69%100
2010Resident502354920.85%1400
2010Nonresident landowner500———
2010Resident landowner800———
2009Nonresident1011218.18%40
2009Resident1002009849.00%990
2009Nonresident landowner1000———
2009Resident landowner1500———
2008Nonresident10191052.63%30
2008Resident1001499060.40%650
2008Nonresident landowner1000———
2008Resident landowner1500———
2006Nonresident53133.33%30
2006Resident501114944.14%130
2006Nonresident landowner500———
2006Resident landowner700———

Pool cap is FWP's own QTA column, and it is a ceiling rather than an allocation. The resident regular cap equals the overall quota; the nonresident caps are ten per cent of it and cover landowner and regular nonresidents together; the resident landowner cap is fifteen per cent. The department states plainly that the ceiling is not a floor: "although the nonresident quotas are set at 10%, that entire quota may not be drawn by nonresidents", and that if every resident applicant draws, nonresidents may go over ten per cent.

Landowner rows are a different drawing, not a subset of the one below them.Landowner preference is the first stage, worth up to fifteen per cent of the quota to resident landowners, and its applicants are counted apart from the regular pool throughout. FWP publishes the landowner pools at first choice only, which is why their second and third columns are dashes rather than noughts.

Draw rate at each bonus point level

One row per bonus point level per pool per year, exactly as FWP's Detailed Bonus Point report publishes it. The rate is that level's successes divided by its applications — both exact integers in the same printed row.
YearPoolBonus pointsAppliedDrewDrew at this level
2026Nonresident111100.00%
2026Resident01515100.00%
2026Resident11414100.00%
2026Resident211100.00%
2026Resident322100.00%
2025Nonresident011100.00%
2025Resident02121100.00%
2025Resident11010100.00%
2025Resident222100.00%
2025Resident311100.00%
2024Nonresident122100.00%
2024Resident01717100.00%
2024Resident11010100.00%
2024Resident233100.00%
2024Resident311100.00%
2023Nonresident111100.00%
2023Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2023Resident11414100.00%
2023Resident211100.00%
2023Resident311100.00%
2023Residentnot stated242291.67%
2022Resident11212100.00%
2022Resident222100.00%
2022Resident311100.00%
2022Residentnot stated1717100.00%
2021Resident01313100.00%
2021Resident122100.00%
2021Resident211100.00%
2021Residentnot stated1717100.00%
2020Nonresident04125.00%
2020Nonresidentnot stated11100.00%
2020Resident0201575.00%
2020Resident144100.00%
2020Residentnot stated331957.58%
2019Nonresident022100.00%
2019Nonresidentnot stated33100.00%
2019Resident02424100.00%
2019Resident155100.00%
2019Residentnot stated3737100.00%
2019Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2018Nonresidentnot stated9777.78%
2018Resident02525100.00%
2018Resident122100.00%
2018Resident211100.00%
2018Residentnot stated3737100.00%
2017Nonresidentnot stated9777.78%
2017Resident0312890.32%
2017Resident133100.00%
2017Resident211100.00%
2017Resident422100.00%
2017Residentnot stated353497.14%
2016Nonresidentnot stated66100.00%
2016Resident0212095.24%
2016Resident11111100.00%
2016Resident277100.00%
2016Resident311100.00%
2016Residentnot stated333090.91%
2015Nonresident0300.00%
2015Nonresident1200.00%
2015Nonresidentnot stated7342.86%
2015Resident0541120.37%
2015Resident1341647.06%
2015Resident212541.67%
2015Resident377100.00%
2015Resident45480.00%
2015Resident522100.00%
2015Residentnot stated1302620.00%
2015Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2014Nonresident0300.00%
2014Nonresident122100.00%
2014Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2014Resident063914.29%
2014Resident1331030.30%
2014Resident2800.00%
2014Resident34375.00%
2014Resident44250.00%
2014Residentnot stated1412316.31%
2014Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2013Nonresident0200.00%
2013Nonresident13266.67%
2013Nonresidentnot stated10110.00%
2013Resident01193731.09%
2013Resident1352057.14%
2013Resident2131292.31%
2013Resident312975.00%
2013Resident422100.00%
2013Residentnot stated1996633.17%
2013Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2012Nonresident03133.33%
2012Nonresidentnot stated10330.00%
2012Resident0663248.48%
2012Resident1382565.79%
2012Resident2312477.42%
2012Resident355100.00%
2012Residentnot stated1205949.17%
2012Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2011Nonresident0200.00%
2011Nonresident1100.00%
2011Nonresidentnot stated500.00%
2011Resident0651320.00%
2011Resident141921.95%
2011Resident211545.45%
2011Residentnot stated1402115.00%
2011Resident landownernot stated22100.00%
2010Nonresident0200.00%
2010Nonresident1200.00%
2010Nonresidentnot stated9111.11%
2010Resident0831619.28%
2010Resident123939.13%
2010Resident22150.00%
2010Resident311100.00%
2010Residentnot stated1262217.46%
2009Nonresident0400.00%
2009Nonresident12150.00%
2009Nonresidentnot stated5120.00%
2009Resident0642945.31%
2009Resident1121191.67%
2009Resident222100.00%
2009Residentnot stated1225645.90%
2008Nonresident05120.00%
2008Nonresidentnot stated14964.29%
2008Resident0503162.00%
2008Resident19777.78%
2008Resident222100.00%
2008Residentnot stated885056.82%
2007Nonresidentnot stated200.00%
2007Resident0402050.00%
2007Resident112650.00%
2007Resident244100.00%
2007Residentnot stated571933.33%
2007Resident landownernot stated11100.00%
2006Nonresidentnot stated3133.33%
2006Resident0321650.00%
2006Resident19555.56%
2006Resident222100.00%
2006Residentnot stated682638.24%

No bonus point level guarantees a licence in Montana, and this page does not publish one. FWP squares your bonus points and adds them to your current application as extra chances — three points give ten chances, ten points give a hundred and one — so the drawing is a weighted lottery and not a queue. More points is better odds every time, and a place in line never.

Not stated is FWP's own blank cell, and it is not the same as nought. The department's reports frequently carry both a nought-point row and a blank one for the same pool in the same year, with different application counts, and both are inside the district total it prints. FWP does not say what separates them, so they are shown apart rather than added together into a "no points" figure it never published.

Sources for this licence

Other licences in these districts

Bonus points are one of Montana's two point systems and the only one that applies here. The other, preference points, exists on nonresident combination licences alone and works in the opposite way. See how these numbers are produced and checked, or the Montana application deadlines.